[mou] Hawk Ridge (15 Sep 2008) 22,419 Raptors

[Debbie Waters]

Hi folks,

WHAT a DAY!  Raptors as far as we could see-they looked like a flowing river
of birds.  

 

The full count is below.  Kudos to counters Karl Bardon & Jen Ottinger for
counting these raptors that kept disappearing into the clouds when they were
trying to get an accurate count.  I'm sure there were MANY birds that we
couldn't see (or count) flying above the lowest clouds.

 

If you are interested in our daily posts about the happenings at Hawk Ridge
(as well as up-to-the-minute reports & daily official counts of both raptors
& non-raptors), please visit our Yahoo! group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawkridge  When things get good, we'll post
about it.  I sent an email out this morning that it was shaping up to be a
GREAT day!

 

The forecast for tomorrow is SW winds 10-15mph.  Northwest is best for a
good flight at Hawk Ridge, but any winds with a westerly factor are
positive.

 

Happy hawkwatching!

Debbie

 

From: reports at hawkcount.org [mailto:reports at hawkcount.org] 
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 11:09 PM
To: dwaters at hawkridge.org
Subject: HSR: Hawk Ridge (15 Sep 2008) 22,419 Raptors

 

Hawk Ridge
Duluth, Minnesota, USA


Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 15, 2008


Species

Day's Count

Month Total

Season Total


Black Vulture

0

0

0


Turkey Vulture

24

93

94


Osprey

23

131

166


Bald Eagle

134

392

467


Northern Harrier

34

94

113


Sharp-shinned Hawk

406

2136

2249


Cooper's Hawk

6

15

20


Northern Goshawk

0

1

1


Red-shouldered Hawk

0

0

0


Broad-winged Hawk

21660

24488

24776


Red-tailed Hawk

9

49

132


Rough-legged Hawk

0

0

0


Golden Eagle

0

0

0


American Kestrel

114

271

303


Merlin

3

27

30


Peregrine Falcon

4

9

14


Unknown Accipiter

0

0

0


Unknown Buteo

0

1

1


Unknown Falcon

0

0

0


Unknown Eagle

0

0

0


Unknown Raptor

0

2

10


Swainson's Hawk

2

3

3


Mississippi Kite

0

2

2


Total:

22419

27714

28381

 


Observation start time: 

05:30:00 


Observation end time: 

15:45:00 


Total observation time: 

10.25 hours


Official Counter

Karl Bardon


Observers: 

Andrew Longtin, Jen Ottinger, Ryan Brady



Weather:
wind west 3-14 mph, temp 36-61, sky partly to mostly cloudy

Raptor Observations:
flight ended abruptly at 1500 (CST)

Non-raptor Observations:
1544 non-raptors included 24 Lapland Longspurs, 10 Horned Larks, 1 Dark-eyed
Junco, 924 Blue Jays, 1 Winter Wren, 13 Rusty Blackbirds, 14 Northern
Flickers, 9 Bobolinks, 60 American White Pelicans, 16 Sandhill Cranes, 1
American Golden-Plover, 1 White-crowned Sparrow, 45 Yellow-rumped Warblers

  _____  

Report submitted by Karl Bardon (karl_bardon at yahoo.com)
Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve information may be found at:
http://www.hawkridge.org/

 

____________________________

Debbie Waters

Education Director

Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory

P.O. Box 3006

Duluth, MN 55803-3006

218.428.3539

dwaters at hawkridge.org

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